Summer Carillon Concert

Elijah Harrison Buerk is a carillonist, composer, conductor, organist and pianist based in Bloomington, Ind. Buerk is the university carillonist and instructor of carillon at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in composition and organ performance and is pursuing a Master of Music in organ performance. An experienced church musician, he serves as director of music and organist at First Presbyterian Church in Martinsville, Ind.

Buerk is active as a concert organist and piano accompanist and has performed in recitals across the country, from Baton Rouge, La., to Chicago, Ill., and beyond. He also is an active composer whose works range from instrumental solo pieces to a requiem for choir, chamber orchestra and organ.

Buerk is the artistic and music director of Centralia Opera, a nonprofit organization in his hometown of Centralia, Ill., dedicated to bringing opera to the region. With Centralia Opera, he has led full productions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” and Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème.”